The Aztecs, the Incas, and the Mayans Essay

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    Mayan, Inca, and Aztec Civilizations The Mayan, Inca, and Aztec civilizations each originated from Latin America. The Mayans lived in southern and central Mexico, other Mayans lived in Central America in the present day countries of Belize, Guatemala, and ancient Honduras. The Incas lived along the long coastal strip, and in the high peaks and deep fertile valleys of the Andes Mountains, and along the edges of the tropical forest to the east; this would be the country of Peru, Ecuador, Chile

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    about how past societies are very influential now and in the past. The Mayan, Aztec,and Inca have influenced many centuries since they were first started. They passed along many things,and they were very popular societies. In the Mayan society they were prospered. They had many accomplishments that encourged other societies to do better such as, studying the stars,developing sophisticated and accurate calenders. In the Aztec society they did many great things,such at build cities. They used picture

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    The Mayan, Aztec and Inca all had human sacrifice in common with one another. The Mayans, Aztec and Inca have similarities and differences from each other. The Aztecs and the Mayans lived in Mesoamerica and the Inca lived in The Andes Mountains. This essay will be about how the Inca, Aztecs, and Mayans are similar and different. The Inca, Mayan, Aztecs are similar with crops, religion, where they live, and how their tribes died. The Aztec, Mayans, and the Inca have their main crop in common.

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    The Mayans, Aztec, and Incas once had a powerful empire that ruled Mesoamerica and Andes Mountains. The Incas, Aztec, and Mayans were native American empire that ruled before the 1600s. The Spanish destroyed the three empires and conquered their empire. But before the Spanish was around, the empire had a way of life that was different and similar from each other. I am going to comparing and contrasting the three empires. The Incas, Aztec, and Mayans have many differences, but they do have some similarities

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    The Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans all held similar qualities but had their own defining differences as well. The Aztecs live in Central America, Mexico from 1200 to 1521 with their capitol located in Tenochtitlan. The Mayans lived in Central America from 400B.C. to 1517 A.D. with their capitals being tikal, Chichen Itza, Copan, Palenque, and Mayapan. The Inca lived in South America during 1200 to 1572 with their capital in Cuzco. While the Mayans existed much longer than either the Incas or the Aztecs

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    The Maya, Inca, and Aztec are very similar, but they are also very different. The Mayan is located in Mesoamerica, Mexico, and Central America. The civilization lasted from 1000 BC to 1542 and the capital is Tikal. The Aztec Civilization is located in Central America and Mexico. The civilization only lasted in the 6th century and the capital is Tenochtitlan. The Inca civilization is located in Andes Mountains, South America, chile through Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Southern Columbia.The

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    Magnificent Mayans Culture Artifact 1: Ceramic Bowl Picture/Source: Ceramic Bowl (Britannica 1) Description/Source: This artifact shows a ceramic bowl that was used by the Mayans in everyday life for pottery making and used in everyday art. Artifact 2: Ruins from a Mayan Temple Picture/Source: Ruins from a Mayan Temple (Britannica 1) Description/Source: The ruins from the temple show religion in Mayan culture because this is where the Mayans went as a place of worship. Artifact 3: Mayan Sculpture

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    that makes the Incan civilization the ebst to live in. Of the Aztec, Incan, and Mayan civilizations, the best possible civilization to live in would have to be the Inca, mainly because they didn’t practice slavery. The Mayans and Aztecs were worse because they had slaves, which didn’t have many rights or privileges. Of the three Mesoamerican civilizations - Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans - I’d prefer to belong to the Inca because the Inca lived in a completely different area, didn’t practice slavery,

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    The location of the Mayan tribes were located Southern mexico,Belize,Guatemala,Honduras,and El Salvador, their land had temples, pyramids, Plaza’s, roadways, homes and monuments. The Aztecs homes were Central America, and Mexico, their cities held Chinampas, Palaces, Underground tunnels, Large Buildings, homes, and stalls. The Incas homes took place in South America, their range stretched from southern Chile through Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador and into southern Colombia.Their homes made

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    The Mayan, Aztec, and the Inca have a lot of differences and similarities. For instance, they might have some similarities in religion and some differences in their religion. They might have some similarities in economy and they might have some differences. They might have some similarities with their capital and some differences. They might have some similarities with their time periods as well as some differences. The Mayan might have a one thing that the Aztec or Inca don’t have. The Aztec might

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